Heat degradation of eukaryotic and bacterial DNA: An experimental model for paleomicrobiology

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nguyen Hieu, Tung ^a   Aboudharam, Gérard ^a   Drancourt, Michel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Bacterial DNA; DNA degradation; Eukaryotic DNA; Mycobacterium; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MURINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PALEONTOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PALEONTOLOGY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84871734733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-528     Document Type: Article

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